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BiographyHumphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
Humphrey Phakade ‘Pax’ Magwaza was born on 4 April 1962, in Lamontville, one of the oldest Durban townships, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). He was one of…
The Eighth Annual National Conference of the Black Sash
Black Sash wins support for protests against Group Areas
The Eleventh Annual National Conference of the Black Sash
Race Classification: National Press Statement by the Black Sash
Multi-racial Johannesburg: apartheid in action - a Black Sash Forum
The Black Sash replies to Mr de Wet Nel
The Black Sash and the Bantu Laws Amendment Bill
More members tell why they joined the Black sash
Why the Black Sash opposes the Group Areas Act
Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970
I AM DIRECTED by the All-In African National Action Council to address your Government in the following terms: The All-In African National Action Council was…
Communique as drawn up by the 1969 SASO Conference
The communique discusses the need for contact and communication amongst non-white universities and colleges. It also discusses the relationship with other…
Report on Langa Commissioners Court: Presented by Cape Western Region to the Black Sash National Conference 1983
Report on Langa Commissioners Court- Presented by Cape Western Region to the Black Sash National Conference on 11 March 1983 discussing Apartheid, Influx…
Black Local Government and the Crisis in Khayelitsha: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1991
Black Local Government and the Crisis in Khayelitsha: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 2 March 1991 discussing forced removals, school…
BiographyNicolaas Cornelius Carstens
Nico Carstens was a popular South African composer of accordion music. He got his first accordion at the age of 13 and won an adult music competition six…
BiographyGlenn Moss
Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He went to Waterkloof Primary School…
Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena
Dr Oshadi Mangena was born in a toilet on 12 June 1931 when her father’s employer refused to allow her mother to wait for an ambulance inside her home, as she…
BiographyMargaret Nash
Margaret Nash was born at Milford-on-Sea in England on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… as well as the South African Student Movement (SASM), which organised Student Representative Committees at …
BiographyLesley Hastings Ndlovu
Hastings Ndlovu was a fifteen-year-old boy during the Soweto Uprising in 1976. He is widely believed to be the first boy who was shot dead by police on that…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
South Africa's Prime Minister since 1978, P.W. Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive…
EventPrime Minister opens SA’s first atomic reactor
Dr. H.F. Verwoerd opened South Africa's first atomic reactor, SAFARI-1 (South African Fundamental Atomic Reactor Installation-1) at Pelindaba, about thirty km…
ADDRESS BY COSATU GENERAL SECRETARY SAM SHILOWA
SA’s rugby team beats Scotland in Edinburgh 6-3.
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
Hemant Kumar Waghmarae was born on 24 October 1948 in Mumbai, India to Vishnu Maroothi Waghmarae and Indumati Bane Waghmarae. He is one of seven children. …
Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents Conference presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1972
Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents Conference presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 18 October 1972, discussing: Apartheid…
End Conscription Campaign Annual Report for Cape Western Region: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1986
End Conscription Campaign Annual Report for Cape Western Region: Report Presented at National Conference on 15 March 1986 discussing conscription, Black Sash…
BiographyCynthia Shange
Cynthia Shange was born in Lamontville, Durban, in Kwazulu Natal. She started modeling in 1970 and went on to win several titles. In 1972 she won the title…
The Crime is apartheid, the penalty is isolation: Paper presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Johannesburg
The Crime is apartheid, the penalty is isolation: Paper presented at the National Black Sash National Conference in Johannesburg on 22 October 1963,…
BiographyJean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
Jean Alkin was born on 19 May 1914 in Panevezys, Lithuania. She was the eldest of four children. Jean’s family moved to South Africa when she was about six…